Docker Job Trends in South Wales
Docker
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales citing Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 57 | 42 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | -18 | +24 |
| Permanent jobs citing Docker | 52 | 19 | 55 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales | 2.35% | 2.67% | 6.09% |
| As % of the System Software category | 45.61% | 31.15% | 51.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 43 | 18 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £47,173 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £53,125 | £23,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £60,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | +84.62% | -43.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,750 | £72,425 | £59,666 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £78,790 | £65,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £66,000 | £60,000 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +84.62% | -35.00% |
All System Software Skills
South Wales
Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing system software skills in South Wales.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing system software skills | 114 | 61 | 107 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 5.15% | 8.57% | 11.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 86 | 52 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,760 | £32,500 | £23,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,228 | £27,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £57,066 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +75.59% | -35.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,000 | £69,142 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £65,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £34,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +61.76% | -24.44% |
Docker Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Docker relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
Docker Salary Trend in South Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Docker.
Docker Salary Histogram in South Wales
Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
Docker Job Locations in South Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | -8 | 48 | £66,000 | +5.60% | 19 |
| Caerphilly | - | 3 | £67,500 | - | |
| Newport | - | 1 | £45,000 | - | 3 |
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Docker Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 78.8% | 41 |
| 2 | AWS | 75.0% | 39 |
| 2 | GCP | 75.0% | 39 |
| 4 | GitHub | 5.8% | 3 |
| 4 | GitHub Copilot | 5.8% | 3 |
| 4 | SaaS | 5.8% | 3 |
| 7 | npm | 3.8% | 2 |
| 8 | AWS Lambda | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | AWS Step Functions | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure API Management | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure Cosmos DB | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure DevOps | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure Event Grid | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure Service Bus | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Azure Stack | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Cloud Computing | 1.9% | 1 |
| 8 | Serverless | 1.9% | 1 |